Artist and sound designer with a creative background in field recording and audio storytelling. Built additional audio engineering skills through analog synthesizer and circuit board construction, and amateur UHF/VHF radio operation. Previously specialized in reformatting magnetic tape and optical media in large-scale media digitization projects.
Projects
- The Adventures of Audio Reformatting & Digitization ZineThis zine was illustrated and published with NPR's RAD team (Research, Archives and Data Strategy) to show readers how RAD is saving the sounds of the past for the future. Lina Chang created this zine during her time as a RAD audio digitization intern.
- Our Streets Our Stories: Reflections from 1619Reflections from 1619 was a series of oral history interviews recorded with Brooklyn residents, to hear their thoughts on what they know or were taught about the history of slavery in the United States, and what justice looks like for the descendants of enslaved people.
Work history
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Sound Design / Audio StorytellingLina Chang
New York, United StatesFreelance
• Audio producer and editor for Life Story Club, a life-storytelling workshop for older adults in New York City and throughout the US.
• Field recording submission for Cities and Memory's exhibition, 'Smithsonian Treasures' - based in Oxford, UK.
• Audio Reel: airmedia.org/talent/lina-chang
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Teaching AssistantSwiss Institute / Conptemporary Arts
- New York, United StatesFreelance
• Support Teaching Artist in developing lesson plans for classes focusing on contemporary art, and co-lead a lecture on sonic based art and research practices.
• Assist visiting artists during workshops and lectures, encouraging teens and older adults to engage in critical discussions around contemporary art.
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Skills
- Design
- Audio Production
- Audio Editing
- Interview Transcribing
- Recording Sound
Education
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Amateur Radio LicenseRadio Society of Great Britain
London, United Kingdom
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StudentSchool for Poetic Computation
- New York, United States
• Student and resident of 'Code Societies', a 3-week intensive program examining how code and societies shape and are shaped by each other.
• Programs: Critical Theory (Computing/Design), Physical Computing, Introductory Python & HTML/CSS
• http://sfpc.io/code-societies/blog/2020-meet-the-students.html
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